Hajduk Split Turns 103 Today
- by croatiaweek
- in Sport
An exhibition showcasing all the kits famous Croatian football club Hadjuk Split has worn in their 103-year history has opened in Split to celebrate the club’s birthday today…
The club, which has a cult following in the Dalmatian region of the country, was founded by a group of students from Split in a pub in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They went to the pub following a match between AC Sparta and SK Slavia and decided it was time their own town of Split founded a professional club.
The club was officially registered with the authorities on February 13, 1911. While trying to come up with a name for the club, the students went to an old teacher Josip Barač for advice, and according to accounts he told them to take the name “Hajduk” which symbolized “that which is best in our people: bravery, humanity, friendship, love of freedom, defiance to powers, and protection of the weak. Be worthy of that great name.”
Hajduk Split will play Italian Serie A side Udinese on 18 February at Poljud Stadium as part of birthday celebrations. (hajduk.hr)
